Memorial ceremony at the atomic bomb memorial moved due to heavy rain in western Japan Hiroshima Sakamachi Aug 6 13:28

In Sakamachi, Hiroshima Prefecture, where some of the memorial monuments of the people who died from the atomic bomb were buried in the earth and sand due to heavy rain in the West of Japan last year, the memorial monument was moved to a hill and a memorial ceremony was held on the 6th.

In the Oyaura district of Sakamachi, about 10 km away from the hypocenter of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, a temporary relief center was established at the time, and the survivors were treated, but many of them died. It was.

In 1987, a memorial monument with the names of 93 people whose identities were known by local residents was built along the coast. However, last year's heavy rain in western Japan caused damage to the stone lanterns of the memorial monument buried in earth and sand. And moved to a nearby hill by last month.

On the 6th, 74 years after the atomic bombing, a ceremony was held to commemorate the victims, and after about 70 people including the bereaved family and local residents were silent at 8:15 am, flowers were placed on the flower arrangement table. I was praying for my hands.

Abe Aiko (89) said that her father who had been bombed at his home in Hiroshima city had been taken to a relief center in Sakamachi and died, “I did n’t know there was a memorial monument until last year. I want you to be a peaceful world without nuclear weapons.

Toshiki Nishitani (73), an in utero survivor who was exposed in the mother's tummy, who manages the memorial monument, said, “It is very emotional to open a memorial ceremony in a new place. I'm glad if it becomes a place to think about. "